After 8 years as a featured vocalist, guitar, mandolin and percussion player for The Black Lillies, Trisha Gene Brady’s departure marked a bold new step into the spotlight on her own. With her Appalachian roots style performances and Old-time Country vocals, she is often cited as “a force to be reckoned with, whether she’s belting out soulful country blues or moaning her way through a mournful murder ballad.”

 

She has been highlighted in features for Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Billboard, Wall Street Journal, Consequence of Sound, Garden & Gun, Huffington Post, Relix Magazine, USA Today, PASTE Magazine, No Depression, and Country Weekly as well as programs such as NPR’s Mountain Stage (twice), PBS concert specials (5x), GAC featurette, Texas Music Scene and CMT.

 

Trisha Gene Brady is one of the only independent artists invited to play the Grand Ole Opry more than thirty times since 2011. She has also performed across the world and made appearances at key festivals including Bonnaroo Music + Arts, SXSW, Americana Fest, CMA Fest, Rochester International Jazz Festival, Pickathon, Strawberry Music Festival, Four Corners Folk Festival, MerleFest, Old Settler’s Festival, The Luck Reunion, 30A Songwriter Fest and many more. 

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Her debut solo album First Second Chance was released in Fall 2025 with plans to tour throughout 2026. Recent support slots with Jim Lauderdale, Gretchen Peters, Tanya Tucker.

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